Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-08-31
THE FASHION OF TIPS.
HOTEL RULES ARE HELPLESS TO
PREVENT THE IMPOSITION,
1t Summer Res"rts-Tirping Confined
to Feeling Waiter.-A Tip to the Public.
Outrages Of the System.

Outrages Of the System.
The American vacation is rendered un
endurable 10y the fashion, folly and science
OF tips Harvard hoyS who have moi
millionaires for fathers stand behind the
chairs of done up and played out tourists
expecting 10 pay their term bills with
vacation service and tips. The tips Of q
handsome and polite waiter are So large
that his wages are matter of no account.
Hotel rules are helpless 10 prevent the i'm
pos tion. Iou must tip, or wait and see
your neighbor served. not only first, but
better served These are the two things
an American cannot do His first laws
Of existence are that he is the equal Of any
man and that he is in a hurry. He can
establish his equality and get his break
fast promptly by tipping a quarter. and
he does il. OF late the walters in the
summer resorts have improved the system
by exchanging places. The wretched tour
ist. who has literally feed one napkin
knight for his breakfast, finds behind his
chair at dining fresh untipped fellow
and at supper another. He must fee the
whole retinue if he remains long enough.
Or. if he fees to another resort, he will
find another hungry crowd, and he must
begin the same routine afresh American
haksheesh is not demanded, but it is nev-
ertheless enforced
THE SCIENCE OF 1T.
The science If tips is TO give the exact
amount that will secure the reputation Of
liherality and wealth. but avoid that Of
softness. The soft is bled. but not served
Boots understands him, and makes him
come down handsomely for half a shine.
Ii is a very delicate matter, that the trav-
eler learns i'll due time 10 adju himself
10 with nice precision. There are half dol
lar hotels. where to offer quarter would
secure only contempt and neglect: and
there are quarter dollar resorts where TO
tip half dollar would he - exhibit Your
self easy 10 be fleeced.
American tipping, however. is not con-
fined to fleeing walters. There is a special
public to he fed ON all occasions that
bring a man before the public. Emerson.
shortly before his death, called for his
daughter in great distress. My dear
daughter" he said, this woman wants q
pair If my pantaloons Really. Ellen,-
well-you will have 10 see to it" Ellen
found ii was collector of poets breeches,
coats. shirts and other garments, out Of
which she proposed to create fire rug.
Really. what right has man to he a
philosopher who can not philosophically
tip a pair of pantaloons to every collector,
LonGfellow actually gave the woman a
shirt; Whittier a drab coat: kweli had
pulled Off his scarf: and now why should
not Emerson spare his unmen6onabless
With what pride and delight ahall we
imagine that thrifty Puritan dams sitting
before her fire and pointing out to visitors
the salient points of her rug!
A LITTLE TOO MUCH.
Longfellow on one occasion received
from lady 100 cards. with the request
that he would write his name on each as
the lady desired to present them TO her
guests at n Longfellow dinner party. Tie
poet consid red the tip more than the
lady, who was a stranger, was entitledtO
Most Of those who constitute the great
public must he satisfied with n tip in the
way of q handshake. This no man may
refuse at his peril. he he poet. postmaster
or president. Our present chief executive
has vast capacity in this regard. His
handshake never reaches above the elbow
II does not disturb the equilibrium of his
nerves. He rather fattens on tips; where
as 10 shake hands meant with Lincoln an
enormous drain of his vitality.
Funeral tips and wedding tips are the
two supreme outrages Of the system.
There is in them no compensation what
'ver. Why honor TO the dead should re-
quire poor man to mortgage his house to
pay an undertaker's bill, including twenty
,r ten useless carriages, and other quite
Is needless items, is uneNplainable. Tips
the dead should be abolished: tips TO
The living should at least secure an equiv
alent-St Louis Globe Democrat